Lake Nyos Carbon Dioxide Eruption Kills 1,800 in Cameroon, August 21, 1986
Carbon dioxide gas erupts from volcanic Lake Nyos in Cameroon, killing up to 1,800 people within a 20-kilometre (12 mi) range.
Date: August 21, 1986
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